SALTWORKS | Contemporary Art

Biography: Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education: 1998; MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; 1995; BA, Honors Fine Art (First Class), University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK; 1991-92; Foundation Studies in Fine Art, Cumbria College of Art & Design, Carlisle, UK
Solo Exhibitions: 2011; The Judgement of History, Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects, New York, NY; 2010; On Foreign Soil, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GA; 2009; Towards an Eternal Dawn, Gallery Karas, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia; 2008; Green & Pleasant Land, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GA; 2007; New Arcadia, M.Y. Art Prospects, New York, NY; 2006; Purity, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL; Social Security, Customs House Gallery, South Shields, Tyneside, UK; 2005; A New Order, SALTWORKS, Atlanta, GA; 2004; Civil Abuse, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA; Cul-De-Sac, GFL Gallery, New York, NY; By Imperial Design, Red Dot Gallery, New York, NY; 2002; Drawings, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Paintings, NFA Space, Chicago, IL; 2000; Conflicted Views Part II: Retribution, NFA Space, Chicago, IL; 1998; State Portraits, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL; 1997; Using Our Bodies Against Us, Yello Gallery, Chicago, IL; 1995; Recent Work, Newcastle Playhouse Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; Human Faces, X-Site Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; 1995; Mirror, Message, Manifestation, Long Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2012; Full Spectrum Dominance (Two Person Show with Roberto Visani), Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; 2011; First Class/Second Class, Asya Geisburg Gallery, New York, NY; 2009-10; Archiving Histories: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement, Holden Gallery at Manchester Metropolitan, Manchester (UK); Wolverhampton Art Musuem (UK); Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown (N. Ireland); 2009; Partisan, Curated by Mary Jane Jacob for Art Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2008; State of the Union, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL; New Works on Paper, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA; 2007; Time Sensitive Material, IMPACT 5 Conference, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia; Spectral Evidence, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Winter Exhibition, Claremorris Gallery, Claremorris, Ireland; 2006; Seeing the Invisible, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, Italy; 2005; Copilandia, Centro de Arte de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain; Gimme Shelter, SALTWORKS, Atlanta; GAAfter Effects, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NY; Summer Pleasures, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York, NY; 2004; The New Collusion, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; 2003; Phantom Arch, White Columns, New York, NY; Re:Figure, Gahlberg Gallery, MacAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, IL; 2002-03; Settlement: A Project of the Culture & Conflict Group, Gallery 400 at UIC, Chicago, IL; Galway Arts Centre, Galway (Ireland); Pilots Row Arts Centre, Derry (N. Ireland); 2002; Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; 2001; There Goes My Hero, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL; 2000; Unlimited Partnerships Part II: Culture & Conflict, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Ambiguous Authority, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL; Agitator, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL; 15th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, Illinois; 1998; G2 Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL; 1996; Northern Print at the Hatton, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK; Conflict, Coventry Gallery, London, UK; 1995; New International Contemporaries, Exhibition Centre, Taipei, Taiwan; Smart, Curtain Road Arts, London, UK; 1994; Northern Exposure, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Austrailia
Awards: 2009; Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant; FACE Croatia, The Fund for Croatian Arts and Cultural Exchange; 2003; Stipend, Woolworth Building Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY; 2002; Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, IL; 2000; Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, IL; Ragdale Foundation/Union League and Civic Arts Foundation Fellowship; Jurors Award, 15th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial; 1997; School of the Art Institute of Chicago International Student Scholarship; 1996; Northern Arts Small Assistance Award, UK; Lawlor Foundation Scholarship, UK; Prince's Trust Award, UK; Training & Employment Council Grant for Study Abroad, UK; 1995; Northern Print Studio Graduate Bursary, UK
Residencies: 2003; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Residency at the Woolworth Building, New York, NY; 2002; Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL; 2000; Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Selected Collections: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia. (Time Sensitive Material Portfolio); Mairtin O'Mulleoir, Belfast Media Group, N. Ireland; Lewis Manilow, Chicago, IL
Published Articles and Journals: 2010; '30 Years of Art, Ideology and Provocation: An Interview with Laibach', The Brooklyn Rail, May.; Editor, Taking Sides: The Role of Visual Culture in Situations of War, Occupation and Resistance, Radical History Review 106, Winter, Duke University Press.; 2009; Editor, The Irish Question, Radical History Review 104, Spring. Duke University Press.; 2007-Present; Editor, Curated Spaces, Radical History Review. Regular feature showcasing artists whose work relates to theme of each issue. Duke University Press.; 2007; 'Omission, Silence and Purity', Ruminations on Violence, Edited by Derek Pardue, Waveland Press, 2007.; 2004; 'Art & Power: Culture as a Battleground', The New Collusion, Catalogue, Chicago, IL; 2001; 'Laibach: Art, Ideology & War', Art & War Supplement, Fortnight, Belfast, September.; 1998; 'Peace Lines – The Parallels of Racism in Ireland & Mexico', F-News. SAIC, Chicago, April.; 1997; 'Murals of Belfast – Art as a Weapon of Struggle', F-News, SAIC, Chicago, October.; Artists Page, F-News, October issue, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Selected Books, Journals & Catalogues: 2010; Archiving Time & Place: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement, Catalogue, MCAC, N. Ireland.; 2009; Eternal Summer, Catalogue, Gallery Karas, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia.; Drain: Journal of Contemporary Art & Culture, Issue 09 Cruelty, Art Projects.; 2007; Inaugural Exhibition: Eleven Artists, Catalogue, Claremorris Gallery, Mayo, Ireland.; 2006; Radical History Review Issue 95, New Imperialisms, Spring, Duke University Press.; 2005; Radical History Review Issue 93, Homeland Securities, Fall, Duke University Press.; Eleven Eleven (1111): Journal of Literature and Art, Volume 2, California College of the Arts.; American Art, A Cultural History, Bjelajac, David, Second Edition, Pearson Inc.; 2004; The New Collusion, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Council, Chicago, IL.; 2003; Cuirt Annual, Culture & Conflict Group: Settlement, Galway Arts Centre (Ireland).; Re:Figure, Catalogue, Gahlberg Gallery, DuPage, Illinois.; Poetry Review, Vol 92 No 4 Winter 2002/3. Artist's Feature. (U.K).; 2002; 2002 Biennial Exhibition, 2002 Whitney Biennial Catalogue, Whitney Museum of Art.; 2001; Cepa Journal, 'The Culture & Conflict Group', Davis, Lyell & Nickard, Gary, May.; 1995; New International Contemporaries, Exhibition Catalogue, Taipei, Taiwan.
Bibliography: 2009; Lukic, Neva, 'Conor McGrady, Gallery Karas; Dario Solman, Gallery PM', Vijenac, (Croatia) Oct 22.; Kis, Patrica, 'Guests from Amercia at Karas and PM Galleries', Jutarnji List (Croatia), Oct 6.; 'Conor McGrady: The Eternal Dawn', Kamo HR, (Croatia) Oct 6.; 2008; Recommended, 'Review: State of the Union at Thomas Robertello Gallery', New City Art, Nov 17.; Artner, Alan, 'Images Take on A Haunting New Life', Chicago Tribune, October 31.; Feaster, Felicia, 'New York based Painter Delves into a Harsh World at Saltworks', Creative Loafing, Feb 27.; Oates, Leah, 'An Interview with Painter Conor McGrady', NY Arts, Jan-Feb.; 2007; McDermott, Peter, 'Policing the Populace' The Irish Echo, Oct 31-Nov 6.; Cyphers Wright, Jeffery, 'The Perennial Allure of Allegorical Black and White', Chelsea Now, Nov 23 – 30.; 2006; Hawkins, Margaret, 'Lines Drawn Fiercely in McGrady's Purity', Chicago Sun-Times, July 28.; Artner, Alan, 'Uniforms, Government Buildings in Colorless World of Ominous Quiet', Chicago Tribune. July 28.; Camper, Fred, 'A Black-and-White Worldview', Chicago Reader, July 21.; Lewis, Tamzin, 'Starkness Coloured by Life Experience', The Journal (UK), April 6.; 2005; Feaster, Felicia, 'A Place to Call Home', Creative Loafing Atlanta, November 16.; 'Conor McGrady: A New Order,' The Week, March 11.; Feaster, Felicia, 'Architecture of Doom', Creative Loafing Atlanta, February 2.; Orden, Abraham, 'Conor McGrady at Ratio 3,' Flash Art, January-February.; 2004; Interview with Tania Ketenjian, KALX Radio, Berkeley & WPS1 Art Radio Online, Nov 28.; Stein, Lisa, 'Re:Figure Plays with Figurative Painting', Chicago Tribune, May 2.; Pollock, Barbara,' Phantom Arch', Time Out New York, July 17-24.; 2003; Interview with 'Culture & Conflict Group', East Coast FM, Ireland, April 29.; Interview on 'Settlement' Exhibition, Rattlebag, RTE Radio 1, Ireland, April 24.; Interviewed with Artists in 'Settlement' Exhibition, Radio Foyle, Derry, N. Ireland, Jan 30.; 2002; Noble, Kevin, 'Questioning Subject: An Interview with Conor McGrady', The Thing, (Online) June.; Stein, Lisa, 'Tresses the Hairy Topic of Cut, Pulled Art Show', Chicago Tribune, Sept. 27.; Yood, James, 'Conor McGrady – NFA Space/Chicago Cultural Center', Artforum, May.; Gioni, Massimiliano, 'The Whitney Biennial: All the Small Things', Flash Art, May/June.; Strauber, Alan, 'Art Entices Eyes, Ears at Whitney Museum', Ploughkeepsie Journal, May.; Strickland, Carol, 'Whitney Pushes Boundaries of Modern Art', The Christian Science Monitor, March 29.; Artner, Alan, 'Drawings Unite in One Environment', Chicago Tribune, March 28.; Artner, Alan, 'Art Review – Conor McGrady', Chicago Tribune, March 22.; Smith, Alicia, 'Artist's Memories Inspire Universal Emotions', Lerner News, March 13-14.; Saltz, Jerry, 'American Bland Stand', The Village Voice, March 7.; Plagens, Peter, 'This Man Will Decide What Art Is', Newsweek, March 4.; Lopez, Ruth, 'Three Area Artists to Shine in NY's Whitney Biennial', Chicago Tribune, March 3.; Hinkel, Joanne, 'Chicagoans at the Whitney Biennial', F News Magazine, March.; Noll, Damien, 'The Self, Ourselves, Considered', Metropolis Section, Chicago Journal, Feb 28.; 'Artist From Northern Ireland for Whitney', Art News, CIRCA Art Magazine, Ireland, Feb.; 2001; Noble, Kevin, 'Political Aesthetics: The Culture & Conflict Group', Fortnight, Belfast, Sept.; 2000; Mutscheller, Charles, Conflicted Views: Part II', New Art Examiner, Nov.; Interviewed with Artists in 'Ambiguous Authority', March 26, WZRD Radio, Chicago.; Tejada, Roberto, 'Unlimited Partnerships: Collaborations in Contemporary Art Part II', Artvoice, Nov 30 – Dec 6.; Rausa Fuller, Janet, 'Thirteen Rising Stars', Sunday Chicago Sun Times, Oct 8.; Whelan, Peader, An Phoblacht (Ireland), August 10.; 1997; Gruber, Jennifer, 'Painter's Strokes Color a world of Brutal Emotions', Irish American Post, Sept.; 1994; Interview, Stationmasters Exhibition, Radio Newcastle, Tyneside (UK), March 7.

Conor McGrady

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